. The Street railway journal . This is lighted atstarted, steam from theauxiliary boiler. The down draft produced by the ex-hauster soon ignites the mass of coal. More fuel is thenadded until the bed is about 8 ft. thick. While the fire is get-ting under way, the gas being of an inferior quality, is allowedto pass off into the atmosphere through the purge stack previ-ously mentioned. After the fires have assumed the proper heat,the purge stack is closed, a limited quantity of steam is ad-mitted above the fires and the producer gas generated is ex-hausted into the holder. If desired, producer g
. The Street railway journal . This is lighted atstarted, steam from theauxiliary boiler. The down draft produced by the ex-hauster soon ignites the mass of coal. More fuel is thenadded until the bed is about 8 ft. thick. While the fire is get-ting under way, the gas being of an inferior quality, is allowedto pass off into the atmosphere through the purge stack previ-ously mentioned. After the fires have assumed the proper heat,the purge stack is closed, a limited quantity of steam is ad-mitted above the fires and the producer gas generated is ex-hausted into the holder. If desired, producer gas may be made 1012 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 23. continuously, but usually the requirements of the furnaces and the boiler has been closed. The pressure forces it up throughforges are such that the generation of producer and water gases the fire of the producer, through a pipe connecting the twois alternated at periods of from ten to twenty minutes. To producers at the top, and down through the live coals of the. 14O0-HP GAS ENGINE FOR THE ELMIRA WATER, LIGHT & RAILWAY COMPANY make water gas, a few changes are necessary. The charging other producer. It then passes as gas through the boiler anddoors of the producers are screwed down tightly. The water scrubber to the gas holder. gas scrubber is connected with the boiler and the connection The steam soon cools the fires to a point at which they do
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